Question

1/2 of a water melon is divided equally among 8 people at a picnic. What fraconioal part of the watermelon does each person get?

Answer 1

Each person is receiving 1/16th of the total watermelon

Explanation:

Since the water melon is cut in half let's assume it's whole for the time being. If the watermelon were whole each of the 8 people would receive 1/8th of the melon. Since we know that, and that the current watermelon is cut in half, we can divide 1/8th by 2 to get 1/16th.